Five, Five times
Five, Five times
is derived by some from words suggesting the fingers of a hand, or a fist. The word is frequent in the Gospels. Pentakis, “five times,” is found in 2Co 11:24; pentakosioi, “five hundred,” in Luk 7:41; 1Co 15:6; pentakischilioi, “five thousand” (chilios, “a thousand”), in Mat 14:21; Mat 16:9 and corresponding passages. See FIFTEENTH, FIFTH, FIFTY.